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Instructions for binding handwritten in pencil on the title page of A Guide to Health, Beauty, Riches, and Honour, by Francis Grose, Printed for Samuel Hooper (London, 1783). The note reads "Bound in calf - let the edges remain precisely as they…

Bookplate of Edward Greenfield Dogget and Hugh Greenfield Dogget on inside front cover. Pastedown over marbled paper. Depicts St. Peter's Hospital, Bristol. Illustrator's name "C. Bird, 1893."

Image of the binding showing minor wear across front and on corners. Bound in dark brown calf in the late 19th century.

Red lettering piece attached to spine. Edges slightly fraying up - possibly taken from an earlier binding. Reads "A Guide to Health Etc."

Handwritten note on front endpaper. Lists price of the text, date and location of binding by Jeffries & Son, states that a copy of Paul's "Gaol Fever" is bound in.

British advertisement for dental treatment. Arched ligature connecting letters c and t, most likely in imitation of medieval style handwriting. Manicule at the end reads "his teeth, even whole sets, never turn black" and lists what publication the…

Page 8: British advertisement with three asterisk marking at end stating "patients may agree for a perfect cure, or by the month, by the year, or for life."

Page 12: British advertisement with three asterisk marking at end stating "letters (post…

French matrimony advertisements with cedilla and tail of the letter Q drawn in pen.

Marginalia written in reference to advertisement XCII. Words seem to read "shall, cart, a, oyster, v."

Excerpts from Grose's preface to "A Guide to Health." Grose's orginal writing in the book consists of only his eight-page preface, in which he employs a sarcastic tone to introduce the content of the advertisements.